Determiners
Give 5 examples of determiners.
many, both, one, first, such, our, what
What is a noun?
A word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.
What do adverbs modify?
Verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
What kind of verbal do we always have after modal auxiliary verbs?
bare infinitive
base form
infinitive without to
What kind of word is "nonetheless"?
A conjunctive adverb.
If you look a word up in the dictionary it may be classified as a determiner or as ...?
What are abstract nouns, and can you give 3 examples (that begin with p)?
Ideas, emotions, personality traits, and philosophical concepts don’t exist in the physical world—you can’t sense them or interact with them.
Can adjectives go not immediately before the noun they are working with?
Yes, they can.
When the are working as a predicate adjective.
Transitive verbs have objects and intransitive verbs don't.
She was a beautiful, tall, thin, young, fair-haired, Scottish woman.
numbers, possessive adjectives, articles, quantifiers, demonstratives, interrogatives, distributives
Five examples of collective nouns.
What is the difference between coordinate and cumulative adjectives?
Coordinate adjectives modify the noun equally (commas & and).
Cumulative (hierarchical adjectives) build meaning (specific order)
What are two verbs that can be both as stative and dynamic?
smell
feel
think
have
How many abstract nouns and concrete nouns are there in this sentence: The midday sun's warmth provided comfort to her weary soul.
1 concrete
4 abstract
What are two differences between adjectives and determiners?
*placement
*comparative and superlative form
*whether they are necessary
*the way in which we can combine them
What role do nouns play in forming sentences?
Subjects, Objects (direct, indirect, preposition), predicate nominatives.
What is the correct order for cumulative adjectives?
opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose
verbals
Make two sentences in which you use the verb cook. One as a transitive verb and the other as an intransitive verb.
The group will check.
Can you identify the determiners in the following sentence: "The three little pigs built their houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks"?
The
Three
their
What are the nouns and what is their role in the sentence: You are the love of my life.
love - predicate nominative
life - object of the preposition
Which word is an adverb in the following sentence: This house is too large for a family of four.?
too
Linking verbs do not have objects: what are they followed by?
Predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives.
What is a comma splice and how can we fix one?
A comma splice is when two independent clauses are joined (or separated) merely by a comma. A comma is not enough to stand between two independent clauses. In order to fix them, we can join them with a coordinating conjunction or we can separate them by using a variety of punctuation marks.